It has been 23 years since the first person wrongly convicted of a crime was exonerated through the science of DNA testing. Since then, 289 people in 35 states found guilty of offenses have been exonerated through DNA tests, according to the …
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Editorial | State needs to change DNA testing law – Leaf Chronicle
May 19th, 2012 
About DNA Testing Will My Baby Die? DNA Revelation Comes Too Late – Businessweek
May 14th, 2012 About DNA Testing Grondahl is one of thousands of people in the U.S. who have undergone DNA testing for research purposes and aren’t receiving the results, even when the information has life-or-death consequences. That’s prompting a burgeoning ethical debate …
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No Comments »College or Funeral Is Mother’s Wish Denied on DNA Results – Bloomberg
May 14th, 2012 About DNA Testing Grondahl is one of thousands of people in the U.S. who have undergone DNA testing for research purposes and aren’t receiving the results, even when the information has life-or-death consequences. That’s prompting a burgeoning ethical debate …
DNA reports will be released – Richmond Times-Dispatch
May 10th, 2012 About DNA Testing Reports on 78 convicted people whose DNA was excluded in Virginia’s post-conviction testing project — and whose identities have largely been kept secret by the state — will be released under the Freedom of Information Act after July 1.
Posted in News Tags: act, conviction, freedom, identities, information, july, largely, people, post, released, secret, state, testing, virginia No Comments »Russian Sukhoi plane goes missing on test flight in Indonesia – Daily News and Analysis
May 10th, 2012 About DNA Testing A Russian Sukhoi passenger plane with 46 people on board, including businessmen and Russian envoys, has gone missing during a demonstration flight over West Java in Indonesia, officials said on Wednesday. Indonesia’s search and rescue agency …
Traces of visitors found at site of UK spy’s death – Seattle Times
April 30th, 2012 About DNA Testing Ros Hammond said DNA from two as yet unidentified people had been found inside the home, and that tests still being conducted could provide a breakthrough in the case, which has so far baffled investigators. Gareth Williams, 31, worked for …
Posted in News Tags: breakthrough, dna, found, gareth, hammond, home, investigators, people, provide, ros, tests, unidentified, williams, worked No Comments »Van Hollen flips, favors DNA ‘test on arrest’ – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
April 10th, 2012 About DNA Testing Madison – Gov. Scott Walker and Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen backed a plan Monday to take DNA samples from people when they are arrested for felonies, instead of when they are convicted. The two Republicans gave their support to the bill 2½ …
Study Says DNA’s Power to Predict Illness Is Limited – New York Times
April 2nd, 2012 About DNA Testing The twins study let him see what might be possible. And, he says, “it puts limits on what people might expect with this sort of testing.” Other experts pointed out different aspects of DNA sequencing that can improve health and medical care.
Rutherford cops say DNA helped solve 10-month-old burglary – NorthJersey.com
March 29th, 2012 About DNA Testing Police said Doyle had all but gotten away with the money but left a glove inside the business that was sent to a forensic testing lab in Bergen County. The DNA results led officers to Doyle, police said. After being informed by “several people” that …
Is New DNA Infidelity Test a Help or Hindrance to a Relationship? Dr. Bonnie Says it’s Not Privacy Invasion – San Francisco Gate
March 25th, 2012 About DNA Testing Some people are no longer paying for private investigators or messy divorces when they suspect infidelity, says marriage and family therapist Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil – there’s something much cheaper. In an article on the Huffington Post, it’s …
RI bill would expand criminal DNA testing law – MySanAntonio
March 13th, 2012 About DNA Testing PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Civil liberties groups are sounding alarms about two proposals in Rhode Island that would give law enforcement greater power to obtain biological samples from people who haven’t been convicted of a crime. One proposal that …
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February 24th, 2012 About DNA Testing They are the belles of the people’s ball, three wee princesses presiding over the Napoleon Avenue neutral ground from atop their ladder throne. Serena throws her arms around Sophie and Gwendolyn. “Time for Mardi Gras, my friends!”
Federal appeals court upholds DNA ‘test on arrest’ – Politico.com
February 24th, 2012 About DNA Testing A divided federal appeals court panel has upheld the constitutionality of California’s DNA “test on arrest” policy, which is building a massive database compiled from the DNA of people arrested for felonies in the Golden State—regardless of whether they …